UN statement on aid to Gaza

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric responded to journalists’ questions at the daily press conference.

Noting that fuel aid has yet to be provided to Gaza, Dujarric said his colleagues at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned that “we are seeing the bottom of the fuel tanker” and that There are only a few days of fuel left.

5 THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT

Recalling that electricity has not been supplied to Gaza since October 7, Dujarric pointed out that the hospitals are in a very difficult situation and that approximately 5 thousand patients are receiving treatment at the Sifa Hospital, which has a capacity for 700 patients.

“20 aid trucks entered Gaza today. The number of aid trucks that have entered Gaza since October 21 has reached 54.” Sharing his information, Dujarric recalled that before the crisis, approximately 450 aid trucks entered the region per day, noting that the current aid is insufficient.

“ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW MUST BE INVESTIGATED”

Dujarric noted that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should be authorized by one of the UN’s judicial bodies to investigate the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.

Dujarric stated that attacks on UN facilities are automatically investigated and that “all violations of the law that we see must be investigated.” saying.

“THE NUMBER OF DISPLACED PEOPLE REACHED 1 MILLION 400 THOUSAND”

On the other hand, in the written statement of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), it was reported that the number of displaced people in Gaza reached 1.4 million.

OCHA stated that the number of missing people has reached 1,000 and announced that it believes the people in question are dead or trapped in the rubble.

“KEEP INSISTENT”

Dujarric told the AA correspondent: “The UN Secretary General called for a humanitarian ceasefire. But what is the UN really doing to stop the conflict? How does OCHA obtain data on victims? He also answered your questions.

“We continue to insist on this issue (the ceasefire) in our talks with the parties to the conflict.” Dujarric stated that OCHA obtains its data from UN sources and trusted partners on the ground.

LATEST SITUATION

Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack against Israel on the morning of October 7, called the “Aqsa Flood.”

The Israeli army also began attacking the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.

It was reported that 1,400 Israelis, including 308 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 Israelis were wounded in the attacks carried out from Gaza.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced that 5,087 people, including 2,055 children and 1,119 women, were killed and 15,273 injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

More than 90 Palestinians were claimed to have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

23 journalists, including 19 Palestinians, 3 Israelis and one Lebanese, lost their lives in the clashes.

In clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border since October 8, 26 members of Hezbollah, 6 members of the Islamic Jihad Movement, 3 members of Hamas and 2 members of the Sunni-backed Resistance Brigade were killed. by Hezbollah, including a journalist and 4 civilians, lost their lives.

Three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian lost their lives in the attacks carried out by Lebanon. (AA)